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1 Trichogramma brassicae (Hym.: Trichogarmmatidae) Wolbachia Trichogramma brassicaetrichogramma Trichogramma Wolbachia Wolbachia WolbachiaT. brassiace. T. brassicae Wolbachia Trichogramma brassicae

2 Begum et al AsobaraAgrochrysis Cotesia Compolitis Bracon Brachymeria Leptopilina Itoplectis Exeristes Diaeretiella Chow and Mackauer 1992, Godfray and Waage 1988, Guerrieri et al. 1997, Kaiser and Jong 1993, Lewis and Tumlinson 1988, Papaj and Vet 1990, Sheehan and Shelton 1989, Turlings et al. 1993, Vet et al. 1991, Wackers and Lewis 1991, Langley et al. 2006, Segura et al. 2007, TrichogrammaMeiners et al (Kruidhof et al. 2012) Wolbachia (Cordaux et al. 2004, Goodacre et al. 2006, Werren et al. 2008) Hurst et al. 1999, Hoffman and Turelli 1997, Sinkins 2004, Jeong and Suh 2008, Werren Wolbachiaet al. 2008, Taylor et al Cook & Butcher 1999 Papaj and Lewis 1993 Wajnberg and Colazza 2013 Segura et al. Smid and Vet van Baaren and Boivin 1998 (Patch) van Alphen et al Louapre et al. 2011, Corley et al. 2010, Goubault et al Keasar et al. 2001, Outreman et al. 2005

3 (Hym.: Trichogarmmatidae) cm (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae) Trichogramma brassicae Wolbachia (Innate preference) Wolbachia Wolbachia (Grenier and De Clercq 2003) Wolbachia Miura and Tagami 2004 (Almeida et al. 2010) (Farrokhi et al. 2010) Farrokhi et al. 2010, Kuske et al. 2003, Babendreier et al. 2003, Wu et al. 2000, Attaran 2009 T. brassicae Wolbachia Ephestia kuehniella (Lep.: Pyralidae) cm

4 Yong et al. (2007) T. ostriniae (Positional Effect). (Sensitize) (Habituate)

5 (Hym.: Trichogarmmatidae) Trichogramma brassicae ( 2 =0.168,P= ( 2 =0.421,P=0.683) 0.51) ( 2 = 0.334, P=0.8469) Chi-Square Chi-Square (Ver. 9.1) SAS Proc Freq. (SAS Institute, 2003) Trichogramma brassicae T. brassicae

6 ( 2 =9.098, P= T. brassiace ) Trichogramma brassicae T. brassiace Wolbachia ( 2 =8.696, P= ) Trichogramma brassicae Pvalue 2

7 (Hym.: Trichogarmmatidae) Trichogramma brassicae Geervleit et al Papaj and Lewis 1993, Wajnberg and Colazza 2013 Meiners et al. 2003, Kruidhof et al (Papaj and Bracon mellitor Lewis 1993) (Hym.: Braconidae) Methyl Parahydroxy Benzoate B. mellitor Papaj and Lewis Associative Learning T. brassiace1993 T. brassicae T. brassicae

8 (Hoedjes et al. T. brassicae2011) (Huigens et al. 2010, Fatouros et al. 2005) (Huigens et al. 2010, Fatouros et al. 2005) T. brassicae Wolbachia (Miura and Tagami 2004, Almeida et al. 2010, Weeks et al. 2007, Fialho and Stevens 2000). Thiel and Hoffmeister 2004 Wajnberg et al van Baaren and boivin 1998 Segura et al T. brassicae Pholetesor bicolor (Hym.: Braconidae) Dutton et al (early short-term memory, STM) (Late STM)

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